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January PUBLISHED JANUARY 11th, 1876
BIRTHS:
HYAMS- On December 17, at Temuka, the wife of Mr W. Hyams, of a son.
GABITES - On December 30th, at Timaru, the wife of Mr Arthur Gabites, of a daughter.

DEATHS:
TACON- On December 18,at Timaru, Alice Elizabeth, infant daughter of Robert Tacon, aged 7 months
WAKEFIELD- On December 23rd, at Sumner, Felix Wakefield, Esq., aged 67.
MASON - On December 24th, at Temuka, Thomas George Weems Mason, aged 56.
ORMSBY - On December 25th, Isabella Louisa, infant daughter of Arthur and Margaret Ormsby.
PARR - On December 26th, at Timaru, Agnes Parr, aged 73 years, late of Litherland, Liverpool.
WILTSHIRE - On Tuesday, January 4, at Timaru, Charles Joseph Louis, the beloved son of Joseph Louis and Catherine Sarah Wiltshire, Pedestrians, aged 4 months 3 weeks. Home papers please copy.

Monday January 3rd 1876
Mrs Miles, who for some time past had been conducting a young ladies school in the old Wesleyan Chapel, and who in our last issue advertised to re-open her school in a few days, died suddenly about 4 p.m. yesterday.

January 6 1876
Inquest at Temuka yesterday on the body of Robert Hannah, who was found drowned in the Temuka stream on Monday afternoon.

The Timaru Herald Wednesday January 5 1876 page 3
Death of Mr Speedy of Waimate at Timaru Hospital. A played the piano.

Timaru Herald Wednesday 5 January 1876 page 3
Death. WILTSHIRE - On Tuesday, January 4, at Timaru, Charles Joseph Louis, the beloved son of Joseph Louis and Catherine Sarah Wiltshire, Pedestrians, aged 4 months 3 weeks. Home papers please copy.

The Timaru Herald Wednesday January 5 1876 page 3
The inquest on the body of Robert Hannah, found downed in the Temuka river on Monday afternoon, will be held this morning.

Timaru Herald Friday January 7 1876
A man named David Hodge, who was working on Mr Gibson's station, Waitaki, was kicked by a horse on the 27th December. Dr Wait, of Oamaru, who was sent for, attended the injured man, but did not believe that he was hurt much. The man however, died on Tuesday last from the injuries received.

Timaru Herald Tuesday 18 January 1876
On 25th November last, a man named Hugh Hannah was found dead at Lake Ohou, Otago. Martin Cunningham was the last person to see him alive. A man named William Phillips had been knocking around Mr Thomas Boulds's Hotel, (Pahautanui). He had been in NZ 11 or 12 years and arrived on the King of Italy. aged 37 or 38. Charged with murder.

Timaru Herald Wednesday 26 January 1876
Birth. KENNEDY - January 22, at Timaru, the wife of Mr Robert Kennedy of a daughter.

Timaru Herald Thursday 27 January 1876 page 3
Death. Hammond - On January 26th, at her father's residence, Waihi Bush, Evenly Rhodes, the infant daughter of Mr G. Hammond, from inflammation of the lungs.

Timaru Herald Friday January 28th 1976 page 3 col. a
Birth. JOHNSTON - On January 23, at Wellington, the wife of Thomas Masterman Hardy Johnston, Esq., M.I.C.E., of a son.

Timaru Herald Tuesday 1 February 1876
Death . HAMILTON - On January 31, at the residence of J.G. Cowan, LeCren's Terrace, Timaru, William Lieper Hamilton, of consumption, aged 24.

Timaru Herald Wednesday February 2nd 1876 page 3
Death - BRAGG - At Temuka, on the 31st January William Bragg, of consumption, aged twenty two.

February
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 11th, 1876
BIRTHS:
RITCHIE - On January 16, at Woollcombe-street, Timaru, the wife of Mr Alexander Ritchie, baker, of a son.
RUTHERFORD -At Timaru, on 16th January, 1876, the wife of Robert Rutherford, Opawa Station, of a son.
KENNEDY -January 22, at Timaru, the wife of Mr Robert Kennedy, of a daughter.
JOHNSTON - On January 23, at Wellington, the wife of Thomas Masterman Hardy Johnston, Esq., of a son.
GRAY -At Temuka, on February 3rd, the wife of K.F. Gray, of a daughter.

DEATHS:
CUMMINS -Jan. 30, at Timaru, Miss Ellen Cummins, native of Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Aged 23 years. Rest in peace.
GRIERSON - On 4th inst., at Timaru, Douglas Charles Merriman, infant son of Mr Charles B. Grierson.
HAMMOND -On January 26th, at her father's residence, Waihi Bush, Evelyn Rhoda, the infant daughter of Mr G. Hammond, from inflammation of the lungs.
HAMILTON - On January 31, at the residence of J.G. Cowan, LeCren's Terr
ace, Timaru, William Leiper Hamilton, of consumption, aged 24.
BRAGG - At Temuka, on the 31st January, William Bragg, of consumption, aged twenty two.

The Star Wednesday 9 February 1876 from the Timaru Herald Tuesday
Found Drowned. At four o'clock on Sunday afternoon last, Mr McBratney, saw the body of a man in the Opihi river, about midway between the railway and the ordinary traffic bridges. The police conveyed the body to the Crown Hotel. Supposed to be a barman from Christchurch. In the pockets of clothes were found 2 15, and a pawn ticket of a firm in Christchurch, signed Condell, which is supposed to be the name of the drowned man. There are some sever bruises about the head, but it is not surmised that foul play has contributed in any way towards the man's death. A swag was found in the river bed.

The Star Tuesday 15th Feb. 1876. Inquest at Temuka on the body of a man supposed to be J.M. Condell.
Thomas Ross deposed: I am a constable at Temuka.
Sway - all articles initalled H.M.C.
Mr Mendelson - juror
William Clark desosed: A ploughman
"Charley the Swede" or "German Charley"
Alexander McBratney
Samuel McBratney
John Green
Michael Spillane
T.O. Rayner; I am a duly qualified medical practitioner
K.F. Gray, foreman

March
PUBLISHED 11th MARCH, 1876
BIRTHS:
PRICE - On February 9th, at Waimate, Mrs Leonard Price, of a daughter.
THOMPSON - On February 15th, at Timaru, the wife of John Thompson, surveyor, of a daughter.
HAWLEY- February 17, at Timaru, the wife of J.E. Hawley, of a son.
CASSIDY- On the 20th February, at Christchurch, the wife of Edwin Cassidy, of Timaru, of a son.
WHITE - On February 23, at Grasmere, the wife of J.W. White, of a daughter.
COLE - On February 27th, at her residence, Church-street, Timaru, Mrs Geo. Cole, of a son.
GILLIES -On the 8th March, the wife of the Rev. Wm. Gillies of a son.
ROBERTS - On March 8, at Timaru, the wife of T Roberts, of a daughter.

DEATH:
DUNN- On February 12th, at Mr Charles Gosling's farm, Ohapi, Gertrude Isabella, daughter of Thomas and Agnes Dunn, aged four months and four days.

Death of the Poet Shelley. TH March 16th 1876 page 4

Timaru Herald Wednesday 29th March 1876 page 4
Inquest at Timaru Hospital before B. Woolcombe, Esq., Coroner, and a jury, touching the death of a man whose body was taken from the sea on Monday. The jury comprised the following:- Messrs J. Hamilton (foreman), W.C. Hill, R. Stansell, J.S. Gibson, J.A. Webb, T. Roberts, J. Hope, J. Cockcroft, J. Jackson, F. George, D.M. Ross, S. Griffin, J. Newton, and J.S. Cowan. Francis McKenzie, a seaman, identified the body. as that of James Bain. On Saturday the 26th, he and the deceased went to work together at the George street Landing Service. Deceased and Daniel Anderson went away from the shore in a cargo boat to go to a schooner in the roadstead. The witness produced the discharge of deceased from the ship Albatross, and said he had known him for fifteen years, and that he was not married.

April
PUBLISHED 4th APRIL, 1876

BIRTHS:
UPRICHARD -On March 9.at Temuka, the wife of W.R. Uprichard, of a daughter. Also published on 16th March 1876
REARDON - On March 12th, at Geraldine, Mrs Joseph Reardon, of a son. Also published on 15th March 1876
SHAPPERE - On March 14th, at South road, Timaru, Mrs Shappere, of a son. Thames papers please copy.
CLIFF - At Timaru, on March 14, the wife of George Cliff, of a son. Also published on March 20 1876
CAMPBELL - On the 18th March, he wife of Colin Campbell, Pleasant Point, of a daughter.
SEALY- March 28, at Heathcliff, near Timaru, the wife of H.J. Sealy, of a daughter. Also published on 29th March 1876 page 3
O'BRIEN - On the 28th March, at Geraldine, the wife of Edward O'Brien, of a son.

MARRIAGES:
STRACHEY - PHIPPS - Nov. 3, at the Parish Church, Shepton Mallet, by the Rev. Henry Pratt, canon of Peterborough, assisted by the Rev. George Powell, uncle of the bridegroom, Alexander, son of the late Richard Strachey, Esq., of Askwick Grove, Somersetshire, to Fanny Augusta only surviving daughter of the late Arthur O. Phipps, Esq., of Whitestone, Shepton Mallet.
ZIESLER -WRIGHT - At Timaru, on March 22, by the Ven. Archdeacon Harper, J.W.S. Ziesler to Lucy Emma, youngest daughter of Mr Charles Wright, of Timaru. Also published on March 23 1876 page 3.

DEATH:
TAIT - On March 17, at Church-street, Timaru, William Comrie, second son of George and Ann Tait, aged nine months. Also published on 18 March 1876

North Otago Times Monday 17 April 1876 pg3
April 16th. At one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a cottage occupied by a man named Sydney Jones and a woman named Nellie Duncan. Jones was raving drunk.. He was outside with a man named Butler. The remains of Nellie Duncan was taken to a neigbouring hotel.

May
PUBLISHED 4th MAY, 1876

BIRTHS:
COMPTON - At Doncaster Hotel, Washdyke, near Timaru, on April 13, the wife of W. B. Compton, of a son.
CHISHOLM - At Timaru, on Sunday, 16th April, the wife of R A Chisholm, of a son.
MILLAR - On Sunday, April 16. at Princes-street, Timaru, the wife of Robert Millar, of a son.

MARRIAGES:
McMILLAN-McDOWAL - On the 12th April, by the Rev. George Barclay, Mr Donald McMillan, MacKenzie Country, to Miss Margaret Jane daughter of Mr Francis McDowal, Burkes Pass.
BENNETT-FRASER - On the 4th April, at his mother's residence, Elizabeth-street, Timaru, Henry Harmingale Bennett, youngest son of Mr Joseph Bennett, of Dundee, Scotland, to Miss Ellen Fraser, only daughter of the late Mr William Fraser, of Glasgow.

DEATHS:
BILTON - On April 8, Alfred Ernest, infant son of John Bilton, aged ten months.
MacKENZIE - At Timaru, on 21st instant, William, eldest son of William Wood MacKenzie, aged 6 years.

May
PUBLISHED MAY 30th, 1876
BIRTHS:
STANSELL - On May 12, at Timaru, the wife of J.R. Stansell, of the Criterion Hotel, of a son.
LEWIS - On May 15th, at Church-street, Timaru, the wife of H.J. Lewis, of a son.
COLVILLE - At Kakahu, on the 18th of May last, the wife of Mr Robert Colville, of a son.

MARRIAGES:
DRAKE - MOORE - May 3, at St. Luke's, By the Rev. E. A. Lingard, James Pottinger Drake to Lucy Marion, eldest daughter of Mr A. Moore, of Christchurch.
GILLINGHAM- MOORE - May 3, at St. Luke's, by the Rev. E A. Lingard, Stephen England, eldest son of Mr S. Gillingham, of Timaru, to Emily Louisa, second daughter of Mr A. Moore, of Christchurch.
FRIEL - COLL - On the 9th May, at Christchurch, by the Rev. T.P. Chareyre, Peter Friel (late of County Donegal, Ireland), to Eleanor Coll, of the same place.
COLL - HAMILTON - On the 9th May, at Christchurch, by the Rev. T P Chareyre, James Coll (late of County Donegal, Ireland) to Catherine Hamilton, of the same place.
DUNCAN-WATT - On the 11th May, by the Rev. Mr Oliver, George Duncan, to Christina Watt, both of Aberdeen.

May 30th.
MARRIAGE
PACKER - LUKEY On May 21, at Timaru, by the Rev. W C Oliver, Henry Packer, baker, Church Street, Timaru, to Martha, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Lukey, Waimaititei Creek, Timaru

DEATHS
BASCH - On May 12th, at Timaru, Louisa Busch, late of Dunedin, aged 30 years
MacKENZIE - On May 16, at Broad Green, Temuka, Patrick MacKenzie, MRCVS., aged 33 years; deeply regretted.
MURRAY - on May 28, at Temuka, Alexander Murray, son of late Donald Murray, blacksmith, Temuka, aged 3 years

Timaru Herald Friday 28th May 1876
Inquest - An inquest was held on Wednesday at George Town, Temuka, on the body of Daniel Fergusson, a young child, before B. Woollcombe, Esq., Coroner, and a jury consisting of Messrs A. Wolson (foreman), W. Uprichard, T. Sheen, Bryant, J. Harris, James Reed, E. Brown, W. Slater, J. O'Brien, C. Neville, Fyfe, McCullough, J. McFayin and W. Bloor.
William Hopkinson: I am a carrier residing at George Town. On Tuesday the 15th, about noon, I was coming home with an empty timber carriage, drawn by two horses in two pair of shafts. When approaching my house a number of children ran up to meet me. I was sitting on the waggon and 'ook my boy on my knee. Two or three other boys got on the back of the waggon. After proceeding at a slow pace for some little distance, the children shouted to me. On looking back, I saw the hind wheel pass over a child's head. I galloped off for the doctor at once. The waggon is a timber waggon and has no floor, only a connecting pole from the fore to the hind carriage. The children were on the stays between the fore and hind wheels. Mary Hopkinson: Wife of last witness. Daniel Fergusson: I am clerk to the Temuka Road Board. Deceased is my grandson, and was four years old.

Timaru Herald Tuesday May 30 1876 pg5
Inquest held at Pleasant Point Hotel on May 8th, on the body of James Stewart. Body was lying at the edge of a creek in Totara Flat.
Henry Eagle - I am a farmer.
Robert Mitchell - I am a farmer.
Thomas Ross - constable stationed at Washdyke.
Agnes Stewart - Unmarried living with her father. Recognised the hand writing of her brother, James Stewart. Deceased was 29 years of age. He was Overseer to the Road Board. He was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He has been in New Zealand 23 years. He married Mary Reed about nine years ago at Lyttelton. He has left three boys and one girl. Verdict: That James Stewart on May 6th hanged himself with a piece of flax under temporary fit of insanity.

Timaru Herald Tuesday May 30 1876 pg 7 col. c
An inquest was held on May 25 before H. Belfield, Esq., J.P., and a jury of fourteen, of whom Mr James Mutch was foreman, at the residence of Mr Daniel King on the body of his wife Eliza King, who died suddenly the previous day. Ann Barrett: I am a married woman, wife of John Barrett, living at Temuka. The deceased gave bath to a girl at ten minutes past four o'clock the same morning. Johanna Murphy: I am a married women living at Temuka. Two hours after the birth the deceased appeared very bad.
Stewart Macdonald Cumming: I am a legally qualified medical practitioner, living at Temuka. Found her dead when he arrived. There was a good deal of blood in the bed. The womb had not contracted sufficiently, which cause internal hemorrhage.
Daniel King: Labourer living at Temuka. Deceased had nine children, and at every confinement, except one, she has never been attended by a doctor. She had faith in Mrs Barrett. "Rider - The jury are of opinion that, had a medical attendence been called in time, life probably might have been saved."

Timaru Herald Tuesday May 30 1876 pg 8
St. Saviour's church, Temuka
The annual parishioners' meeting.
The Rev. James Preston was in the chair. Stated that services for the district for the past year comprised 152,that there were 99 children baptised, 47 candidates for confirmation, 21 deaths and 14 marriages. Regarding schools, there were nine Government and six Sunday schools in the district.; there were 17 lay readers in connection with the Church.
Mr Wood was proposed as Incumbent's Churchwarden, and Mr E. Pilbrow for the parish. The following Vestrymen were elected: - Dr Cumming, Messrs Tavender, Vincent, Wills, Fildes, Acroyd, Lemon, Barker, Talbot, Myers, Redford, Hopper, Rowe, A. Brown, Fox, Chapman and Pierpoint. Mr Rutland, choir master, resigned. An organist to be adviertised in the Lyttelton Times. salary of sixty pounds and to act as choir master.

Church of England - change of boundaries. Mr Acland pointed out that acreage was no criterion of what constituted a proper division of a parochial district. The Temuka portion would be the most populous......

June
PUBLISHED 27th JUNE, 1876
BIRTHS:
WARD - On the 14th June , at North-street, Timaru, the wife of Rev. Charles E Ward, of a son.
NEWTON - On the 15th June, at the Woodlands, Timaru, the wife of W.J. Newton, of a son.
RISDON - At Timaru, on the 15th June, Mrs F. Risdon, of a son.
KENNEDY- At Geraldine, on the 15th June, Mrs John Kennedy, of a daughter.
WILLIAMS - On June 20, prematurely, the wife of G. P. Williams, Esq., of a son.

June 27 1876 Births
KING - On May 30, at LeCren's Terrace, the wife of Mr John King, of a daughter.
DELANEY - on June 3, at her residence, North Street, Timaru, Mrs H Delaney, of a daughter.
THEW - On June 5, at Timaru, Mr R Thew, of a daughter.
MEE - On the 9th June, at LeCren's Terrace, of the wife of Mr John Mee, prematurely of a son, who only survived a few hours.
CUTHBERT - On the 13th of June, at Arthur Street Timaru, Mrs W Cuthbert, of a son

MARRIAGES:
STOCK-THOMSON - On May 24th, at Lyttelton, by the Rev. Mr Gowan, Philip Henry Stock, late of Oak Hill, Somersetshire, England, to Miss Annie Thomson, of Kaiapoi.
MacLEAN - MORRISON -On June 5th, at the residence of the bride's father, Lees-street, Dunedin, by the Rev. Lindsay Mackie, Lachlan McLean, of Timaru, to Maggie, second daughter of James Morrison, Esq.
RAINE - MacPHERSON- June 21, at John's Church, Christchurch, by the Lord Primate of New Zealand, John Hunter Raine, Sherwood Downs, Canterbury, son of William Burtees Raine, Spreacombe, North Devon, late of Snow Hall, County Durham, England, to Marjorie Clarke, daughter of James MacPherson, late of Nuide, Inverness, N.B.

DEATHS:
BELDY- On the 15th June, at his residence, Timaru, Andreas Beldy, aged 50.
SCARF- On June 17th, the wife of Mr Wm. Scarf, of Timaru, aged 39 years.
WILLIAMS - On June 20, the infant child of Mr and Mrs G.P. Williams.
ROGERS - On April 23, at Hilton Hotel, after a severe illness, Joseph, the youngest son of Edward and Isabella Rogers, of Hilton Hotel, Kahahu, age, 15 months.

Timaru Herald Thursday 8th June 1876
Inquest today on the child of Mrs J. Lukey, aged 3 weeks at the Clarendon Hotel.

Timaru Herald Friday June 9th 1876
Inquest before E. Wakefield, J.P. touching the death of a child of Mrs Jabez Lukey, which died at Timaru on Wednesday, 7th instant. Deceased was born on May 13th. Latterly it has a slight cold. It was sleeping with its mother on June 6th. Found dead at 6 o'clock. Accidental death by suffocation. Dr Cole.

July
PUBLISHED 26th JULY, 1876
BIRTHS:
OSTLER - At Timaru, on 2nd July, Mrs Ostler, of a son.
PARKERSON - On July1, At Brooklyn, Arowhenua, Mrs R. Parkerson, of a son.
JEFCOATE - On July 4th, at Prospect Farm, Pareora, the wife of Mr Thomas Jefcoate, of a son.
BEEDELL - At Woollcombe's Gully, Timaru, on July 2nd, the wife of William Beedell, of a daughter.
BULLER - On July 7, at the Bank of New Zealand, Timaru, the wife of W.B. Buller, of a daughter.
STONE - July 10, at Timaru, the wife of Mr A.G. Stone, of a daughter, which expired shortly after birth.
REID - On the 5th instant, at Roslyn, Dunedin, the wife of Thomas Chalmers Reid, of a daughter.
MacDONALD - On July 12, at Newton, Porirua Road, Wellington, the wife of George MacDonald, of a son.
JONES - On the 13th July, at Dovey Downs, near Pleasant point, the wife of John Jones, of a daughter. (TH July 16)
JONAS - On Sunday, the 16th inst., at Ballarat, Victoria, the wife of Mr Moss Jonas, of a son.

MARRIAGES:
BELFIELD - MELLISH.- On the 8th of July, at St. Michael's Christchurch, by the Right Reverend the Lord Primate of New Zealand, Herbert Belfield, of Timaru, to Emma Leonora, daughter of the late William Mellash, of Guernsey.

DEATHS:
FOSTER - On June 26th, at the residence of his stepdaughter, Burkes Pass, near Timaru, George Foster, aged 78 years, formerly of the North Island, having landed there on the year 1838. Wellington papers please copy.
BURROWS - On June 28th, at the residence of Mr A Blanchett, after a long illness, John James Burrows, late of Putlandshire, aged twenty-six years.
COCHRAN - On April 14th, 1876, at 68 Easton Terrace, Dublin, Ireland, Major James Cochran, late of H.M.41st Regiment, in his 85th year.
STANSELL - On the 19th July, at the Criterion Hotel, Timaru, Thomas Henry, the infant son of J.B. Stansell, of bronchitis.
GRANGER - At Law Muir, East Kilbride, Glasgow, on the 13th May, George, son of Mr Andrew Granger.

August
PUBLISHED 24th AUGUST, 1876
BIRTHS:
BILTON - At Timaru, on the 29th July, the wife of J. Bilton, of a daughter.
ENSOR - On July 29, the wife of A.W. Ensor, of twin daughters (stillborn).
GAMACK -On July 30, At Riverslea, Mrs John A. Gamack, of a daughter.
SLACK - At Woodside, Pleasant Valley, on the 1st August, the wife of Wm. Upton Slack, of a son.
McKERROW - At Claremont, on August 5th, the wife of John C. McKerrow, Esq., of a daughter.
SAUNDERS - On the 6th August, at Timaru, the wife of William Saunders, of a son.
RAYNER - At Timaru, on August 7th, Mrs W. Rayner, of a daughter.
ROBERTS - On August 17th, the wife of A. Roberts, of a son - died shortly after birth.
GRANGER - On the 20th August, at George-street, Timaru, Mrs James Granger, of a son.
MARTELLI - On August 22nd, at Timaru, the wife of E.H. Martelli, of a son.

MARRIAGES:
MEEK - CLARK - On Thursday, June 1, at the Parish Church, Ingleton, Durham, by the Vicar Rev. T. M. Shepperd, Edward, second son of the late William Meek, Esq., Solicitor, Melbourne, to Isabella Huntington, eldest daughter of the late William Clark, Esq., of Killerby Hall, Darlington.
WRIGHT - PERRY - On the 9th August, at St. Mary's Church, Timaru, by the Ven. Archdeacon Harper, assisted by the Ven. George Foster, Augustus William Wright, to Amy Jane Perry.
PHILLIPS - MUDIE - On the 12th August, at St. Steven's Church, Ashburton, by the Rev. W.E. Paige, William P. Phillips, of Orari, to Agnes Jane Mudie, of Ashburton.
SIMS - VEEL - On the 15th August, at Holy Trinity, Avonside, by the Rev. H. Glasson, Alfred John Sims, of Timaru, son of the late William Sims, Esq., Brixton, Surrey, to Katherine Frances, eldest daughter of J.V. Colborne Veel, Esq., M.A., of Christchurch.

DEATHS:
CALVERT - On June 16, at Stokesley, Yorkshire, England, Mary, relict of the late Robert Calvert, chemist and druggist, and mother of Mrs Richard Watkins, Timaru, New Zealand, aged 66.
ROBERTS - On the 23rd August, at Timaru, Ellen, the beloved wife of Mr A. Roberts, aged 32 years.

FUNERAL NOTICE:
The friends of Mr Alfred Roberts are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late wife, which will leave his residence Theodosia-street, FRIDAY the 25th instant at 3 o'clock. B. WALLIS Undertaker.

September
PUBLISHED 23rd SEPTEMBER, 1876
BIRTHS:
WITT- On 22nd August, at Timaru, the wife of J.B. Witt, of a son.
COCHRAN- On August 26, at Mount White Station, Cass, the wife of J. Moore Cochran, of a daughter.
WAKEFIELD - At Wellington, on 1st September, Mrs Edward Wakefield, of a son.
SMITH - On September 2, at LeCren's Terrace, the wife of J.H. Smith, of a daughter.
FILMER- On September 17, at her residence, Bank-street, the wife of Mr Geo. Filmer, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE:
FRIEDLANDER - ZANDER - On September 13, at Temuka, by the Rev. Isaac Zechariah, Harry Friedlander, of Ashburton, to Miss Johanna Zander, of Chodrieson, Prussia.

DEATHS:
DALGLISH - On July 4th, at Kilmardinny, Scotland, A Stevenson Dalglish, late of MacKenzie Country.
BILTON - On August 27th, Catherine Grace Bilton, aged one month.
CUTHBERT - At Arthur-street, Timaru, on the 10th September, John, the infant son of Wm. Cuthbert, aged 3 months.

The Star Tuesday 12 September 1876
Inquest at the house of Mr Shears, bricklayer, touching the death of his son Samuel Shears, aged two and a half years. Accidentally drowned in the in a dam near the house on Thursday.

October
PUBLISHED 18th OCTOBER, 1876
BIRTHS:
FILDES - On the 27th September, at the Bank of New Zealand, Temuka, the wife of J.G. Fuildes, of a son.
ELWORTHY - On the 10th October, at Holme Station, the wife of Edward Elworthy, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES:
COWAN- ANDERSON - On the 4th October, at Oamaru, by the Rev. A.B. Todd, John Gray Cowan, of Timaru, to Jeanie Reed Anderson.
McKAY- ROBERTSON - On October 5, by the Rev. Mr Gillies, Donald McKay, builder, Timaru, to Mary Ann second daughter of James Robertson, Esq., Craigie Bank, Perth Scotland.
BRANSON - SCOTT - On October 5th, at the Wesleyan Church, Timaru, by the Rev. W. C. Oliver, Charles B.M. Branson, late Lieutenant 1st King's Dragoons Guards, to Ada Ethel, youngest daughter of Thomas Scott, Esq., of Exeter, Deveonshire.

DEATHS:
SAUNDERS - On September 22nd, at Timaru, Sarah Jane, wife of William Saunders, Wolds, Tekapo.
BOARDMAN - On the 27th of September, at Church-street, Timaru, the wife of H.E. Boardman; also an infant son, newly born.
PATERSON - At Springfield, Temuka, on Oct. 2nd, Margaret, relict of the late Andrew Paterson, Esq., aged 62 years.
MARTIN - On Oct. 7, at Woolshed Gully, Otaio, John M. Martin, eldest son of Mr John Martin, aged 11 years.
SULLIVAN - On October 7, at Christchurch, Ellen Sullivan, daughter of Cornelius Sullivan, Timaru. Any person knowing Cornelius Sullivan will oblige by making him acquainted with his daughter's death, and how it was caused. See Timaru Herald of 10th inst.

November
PUBLISHED 15th NOVEMBER, 1876
BIRTHS:
HOBBS - On October 23rd, at her residence, Great North-road, Timaru, the wife of Mr W.A. Hobbs, of a son.
LOOMS - On October 29th, at the Levels Plains, the wife of Mr Charles Looms, of a daughter.
ROSS - On November 4, at Mr Munday's residence, LeCren's Terrace, Mrs Donald Ross, of a daughter.
McKELLAR - On November6, at Timaru, the wife of A.A.M. McKellar of a son,
WATKINS - On November 12th, at Belle Vue Cottage, Elizabeth-street, Timaru, the wife of Richard Watkins, Chemist and Druggist, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES:
MacPHERSON - REVELL - On October 17, at St. Bartholomew's Kaiapoi, by the Ven. Archdeacon Dudley, Henry Drummond, son of Major-General MacPherson, Belfast, Ireland, to Harriet, fourth daughter of the late Thomas Revell, Korotueka, Kaiapoi.
HAMERSLEY-SNOW - On the 25th October, at St, Peter's Church, Wellington, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Alfred St. George, fourth son of Hugh Hamersley, of Pyrton Manor, Oxfordshire, England, to Isabella Maud, eldest daughter of Charles Hastings Snow, of Langton Lodge, Wellington, NZ.
FARQUHARSON - CHADWICK - On the 28th October, at Temuka, Mr David Farquharson to Miss Alice Chadwick.

DEATHS:
FORGAN- On October 26, at his residence, Timaru, Thomas Forgan, senr, aged 82 years.
JONES - On November 13, at his parents residence, Bank-street, Timaru, Arthur Peter Lloyd, son of Llewellen and Mary Ann Jones, aged 2 years and 7 months.

December
PUBLISHED 13th DECEMBER, 1876
BIRTHS:
HART- At 1, Broughton Place, Edinburgh, on the 16th October, the wife of Andrew Hart, H.M.C., of a son.
STRACHAN - On November 11th, at Pleasant Point, Mrs James Strachan, of a son.
HYAMS - On November 19th, at Temuka, the wife of M. Hyams, of a daughter.
PRIEST - On the 21st November, at Timaru, Mrs William Priest, of a daughter.
SEALY - On November 21st, at Southerndown, Timaru, the wife of Edward P. Sealy, of a daughter.
QUINN - On November 26, at the Star Hotel, Temuka, the wife of Mr M. Quinn, of a daughter.
ACTON - On December 2, at Fordlands, the wife of Edward Acton, of a son.
HOSKIN - At Otaio, on December 4th, the wife of Stephen Koskin, of a son.

MARRIAGES;
POTTER - TAYLOR - At their residence, Church-street, by the Rev. C. Oliver, H.W. Potter, only son of W. and M. Potter, to S.A. Taylor, fourth daughter of S. Taylor, both late of the Parish of Marylebone, London.
LLOYD - CLINCH.- At Temuka, Richard J. Lloyd, to Marion, daughter of Stephen Church, Temuka. (Nelson papers please copy)
COOKE - RAINE - At St. Patrick's Church, Burke's Pass, on Thursday, December 7th, by the Rev. James Preston, George, son of the late Rev, James Young Cooke, of Semer Rectory, Suffolk, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William Surtees Raine, of Bradridge, South Devon.
MARTIN - ENDEAN - At Timaru, on Saturday, November 18, by the Reverend W. Oliver, Henry Martin to Bessie Endean, both of Timaru.

DEATHS:
THOMSON - On November 23, at Clyde, Otago, Andrew Robert Bruce Thomson, aged 40 years.
JOHNSTONE - On November 27th, at the house of Andrew Gibson, Arowhenua, James Johnstone, aged 40.
COPPING - On 28th November, at Timaru, James Copping, aged 35.
MacDONALD - On December 2, at Waitui, Geraldine, Margaret Mary MacDonold, late of Knockands, Melbourne, in her 88th year.
JOHNSON - On December 9th, at North-street, Timaru, Donald, only son of Mr J. Johnson, painter, aged eight years.

The Star 28 Dec. 1876
On Saturday Dec. 23, a young man named John Booker, in the employment of Mr Grainger of Rangitata Island, was attempting to cross from the south bank to the Island, the dray capsized, and both man and horse were drowned.

Timaru Herald May 27 1876
Arrived - May 26 - Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Lyttelton and West coast Ports

May 26 - Easby, 969 tons, Kennedy, from Dunedin via Oamaru. A handsome and powerful screw steamer built of iron by Richardson, Duck and co. of Stockton-on-Tees, and is a comparatively new vessel. Her engines are by Holmes and Co., of Hull, and are 140 h.p. She can steam 11 knots. She is fitted with four powerful steam winches and a patent steam windlass, water ballast &c. and has excellent passenger accommodation. The Easby is owned by Mr F.C. Fulton, of Dunedin, from which port she hails. Captain Kennedy was the former commander of the mail steamers Airedale and Patterson.

Cleared May 26 - Esther, brigantine, 47 tons, W. Johnstone, for Greymouth.

Vessels in Roadstead
Frederick Basil, barque
Kate Brain, brigantine
Esther, brigantine
Minehaha, schooner
Wild Wave, fore and aft schooner
Glimpse, ketch
Easby, steamer

Timaru Herald May 31 1876 pg 3
From the New Zealand Herald of the 23rd.
A survey held on the brigantine Vibila, found her unseaworthy. Injunction issued against her, forbidding her proceeding to sea until rendered seaworthy. She will be patched up sufficiently to proceed to Sydney, provided a crew can be found for her. The Vibilia was built at Plymouth in 1832, and there-fore forty three years old. She is built of English oak and is copper fastened. She is still apparently sound below the water line, but takes in water in her top-sides when laying over. A gentlemen in this town remembers that so far back as sixteen years ago four seamen were went to prison at Sydney for refusing to go to sea in her.

Timaru Herald June 1 1876
Arrived - Mary 31 - Taiaroa, s.s, 228 tons, Stewart, from Dunedin. Passengers - Saloon: Miss Macdonald, Messrs D. McLean, Ostler, Thiereu and 8 steerage.
Sailed - May 31 - Taiaroa, s.s, 228 tons, Stewart, for Dunedin. Passengers: Mrs Mollison, Mrs Young and two children, Misses Forbes and Hislop, Messrs Granger, Russell, Mollison, Taylor, Thompson, and ten in steerage.

Timaru Herald Friday 2nd June 1876
Sailed - Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Christian, for Dunedin. Passengers:
Saloon: Messrs Munyard, Green, Slade, King, Word_ingham, Ward, Mr and Mrs Barber, Miss Minn.

Timaru Herald Thursday 8th June 1876
Arrived - June 7 - Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Stewart, from Dunedin - Passengers - Saloon: Messrs Hetherington, Mclean, Nicholson, Hoyte, Thompson, Findlay, Smith, Millar, Hay and 8 in steerage.

Port of Timaru
July 19 1876
Arrived July 18 - Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Pieterson, from Lyttelton, via Akaroa. passengers - Messrs Soward, Broadbent; and three in steerage.
Sailed July 18 - Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Pieterson, for Dunedin. Passengers - Messrs Higginson, O'Brien and Master Shury.

The Star Friday 11 February 1876
The new telegraph offices at Timaru where used for the first time on Tuesday.

Otago Witness, 15 Jan 1876, Page 19 Select Poetry
THE OLD FARM GATE
The old farm-gate hangs, sagging down,
On rusty hinges, bent and brown;
Its latch is gone, and, here and there,
It shows rude traces of repair.

The old farm gate lies seen, each year
The blossom bloom and disappear;
The bright green leaves of spring unfold,
And turn to autumn's red and gold.

The children have upon it clung,
And, in and out, with rapture swung,
When their young hearts were good and pure –
When hope was fair, and faith was sure.

Beside that gate have lovers true
Told the story, always new;
Have made their vows; have dreamed of bliss,
And sealed each promise with a kiss.

The old farm-gate lies opened wide
To welcome home the new-made bride,
When lilacs bloomed, and locusts fair
With their sweet fragrance filled the air.

That gate, with rusty weight and chain
Has closed upon the solemn train
That bore her lifeless form away,
Upon a dreary autumn day.

The lichens grey and mosses green
Upon its rotting posts are seen;
Initials, carved with youthful skill,
Long years ago, are on it still.

Yet dear to me above all things,
By reason of the thoughts it brings,
Is that old gate, now sagging down,
On rusty hinges, bent and brown.
Eugene J. Hall.